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1. BORA Social Worker’s Registration (Mandatory Registration) Amendment Bill [pdf, 314 KB]

   ...being subject to a formal complaints process. 23. The Bill will minimise the risk of poor practice by ensuring only registered social workers who have completed a competency assessment are able to practise. This will contribute towards the better protection of vulnerable members of society and to the enhancement of public confidence. Regulation will also ensure that practitioners’ knowledge and skills remain up to date. 24. A number of other professions are regulated by legislation a...

2. TG v Tangilanu [2012] NZIACDT 17 (8 May 2012) [pdf, 90 KB]

   ...penalty for both matters must reflect the overall conduct. [3] The facts and background are set out in the earlier decision upholding this complaint, dated 27 March 2012. The key findings were: [3.1] Ms Tangilanu systematically failed to act with care, diligence and professionalism; she effectively ignored the Code. [3.2] She failed to carry out her client’s (Ms TG’s) instructions to apply for both student permits and residence permits. [3.3] She failed to commence her professi...

3. BORA Contract and Commercial Law Bill [pdf, 146 KB]

   ...Companies Act 1993, and registration as an auctioneer under the Auctioneers Act 2013. The age of 18 is also the default age of the end of childhood under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which requires states party to provide various protections to children. 18. Third, cl 86 does not prevent minors from entering into contracts, but only from having those contracts enforced against them without a review of the fairness to the minor of the contract by a court. We consider th...

4. Information Sharing Agreement between the Ministry of Justice and the Crown Law Office [pdf, 165 KB]

   ...prepared for transfer; 15.2. Information will be securely transferred to CLO; 15.3. The information supplied to CLO will be processed and linked to other information relating to defendants; 15.4. CLO will store the information in a secure system that protects the information against unauthorised use, modification, access and disclosure. 6 Safeguards to protect privacy 16. The Parties will: 16.1. Create a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which details roles and responsibi...

5. Notes from Crown Maori Relations hui Invercargill 12 May 2018 [pdf, 441 KB]

   ...continue this debate as it has massive consequences for Māori.” One speaker noted that the Treaty of Waitangi should be entrenched within New Zealand’s constitution. • Improving Health outcomes – A few speakers indicated that the hospital care and treatment in the region was ‘horrendous’. A few also suggested that the government needs to address mental health issues as they intersect with other issues like homelessness, suicide, criminal action and the well-being of t...

6. Key initiatives

   ...terrorism We are leading work to enhance New Zealand's anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) framework. Family Justice Reform The Government is working to ensure that children and families affected by disputes about care arrangements receive appropriate support, representation, and protection. The reforms respond to recommendations made by an independent panel in the 2019 report Te Korowai Ture ā-Whānau, which examined the impact of major changes that were ma...

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7. BO v DE LCRO 297 / 2012 (13 September 2013) [pdf, 92 KB]

   ...are to promote and protect the interests of their client and there is no general professional duty towards another party who is not a client. Nor does an opposing lawyer owe the other party, who is also represented by their own lawyer, a duty of care. [5] The Standards Committee decided to take no further action on the complaint pursuant to s 138(2) of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (the Act). Section 137 of the Act allows a Standards Committee to take no further action...

8. LCRO 193/2019 CF v YL (19 February 2021) [pdf, 134 KB]

   ...ongoing bullying he had suffered in the workplace. [7] On completing a review of B’s circumstances, Ms YL provided an opinion to B. She concluded that the threshold for establishing workplace bullying had not been met. [8] Mr CF, clearly a caring and attentive father, had endeavoured to assist B in assembling and advancing B’s employment case. The complaint and the Standards Committee decision [9] Mr CF lodged a complaint with the NZLS on 20 May 2019. The substance of his c...

9. BORA Lawyers and Conveyancers Amendment Bill [pdf, 322 KB]

   ...proposal raises a possible inconsistency with s 17 of the Bill of Rights Act. However, the position is complicated by the uncertain scope of that right in comparable jurisdictions, which do not necessarily recognise the extension of the right to protect associations of a commercial character. However, in our view the proposal is in any event justifiable under s 5 of the Bill of Rights Act as reflecting a rational and legitimate policy choice by the legislature to re-emphasise the import...

10. [2023] NZIACDT 29 - DT v Li (11 December 2023) [pdf, 111 KB]

    ...immigration advice, and to enhance the reputation of New Zealand as a migration destination, by providing for the regulation of persons who give immigration advice. [22] The focus of professional disciplinary proceedings is not punishment, but the protection of the public:3 3 Z v Dental Complaints Assessment Committee [2008] NZSC 55, [2009] 1 NZLR 1 at [97], [128] and [151]. 6 …It is well established that professional disciplinary proceedings are civil and not criminal in...